Apartheid in art and literature

Apartheid in art and literature

During and following the apartheid era in South Africa, apartheid has been referenced in many books, films, and other forms of art and literature.

Movies referencing apartheid

*"Goodbye Bafana", about Nelson Mandela's censor, James Gregory.
*"Stander", about the South African police officer-turned-bank-robber, Andre Stander, during the 1970s and 1980s.
*"Lethal Weapon 2", starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover about two detectives investigating a South African diplomat who runs a drug smuggling ring.
*"Cry Freedom", about the activist Steven Biko and journalist Donald Woods
*"The Power of One", based on the novel by Bryce Courtenay
*"Sarafina!", a musical depicting the Soweto Riots.
*"Cry, the Beloved Country", based on the novel by Alan Paton.
*"A Dry White Season" based on the novel by André Brink
*"A World Apart"
*"The Color of Friendship", a 2000 film
*"In My Country", based on the book "Country of My Skull" by Antjie Krog
*"Catch a Fire", based on the story of Patrick Chamusso, an apolitical man who becomes a terrorist against the South African state.
*"", (Australia, 2002)
*"Red Dust (2004)" starring Hilary Swank based on the book Red Dust by Gillian Slovo, about the Truth & Reconciliation Commission trials which gave amnesty to those who told the whole truth about atrocities committed during apartheid.

Books referencing apartheid

*"117 Days" by Ruth First
*"The Power of One" by Bryce Courtenay
*"The Covenant" by James A. Michener
*"Cry, the beloved country" by Alan Paton
*"Down Second Avenue" by Es'kia Mphahlele
*"A Dry White Season" by André Brink
*"Disgrace" by J.M. Coetzee
*"Fools and Other Stories" by Njabulo Ndebele
*"When Smuts Goes"
*"July's People" by Nadine Gordimer
*"Kaffir Boy" by Mark Mathabane
*" by Anthony Sampson
*"Maru" by Bessie Head
*""Master Harold" ... and the boys" by Athol Fugard
*"Miriam's Song" by Miriam Mathabane
*"My Traitor's Heart" by Rian Malan
*"Naught For Your Comfort" by Fr Trevor Huddleston C.R.
*"The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist" by Breyten Breytenbach
*"Tsotsi" by Athol Fugard
*"When She Was White" by Judith Stone
*"" by Lauren Beukes
*"No Turning Back" by Beverley Naidoo
*"Journey of a Hope Merchant...From Apartheid to the Elite World of Solo Yacht Racing" by Neal Petersen
*" Mother to Mother by Sindiwe Magona
*" Tandia by Bryce Courtenay

Poems referencing apartheid

*"Nothing's Changed" by Tatamkhulu Afrika
*"Leaders Great" by Mayihlome Tshwete

Popular music referencing apartheid

*"Afrikaans" from the album "Rainbow's End" (1979) by Resurrection Band
*"Biko" from the album "Peter Gabriel (III)" (1980) by Peter Gabriel
*"Zuid Afrikan" from the album "Between Heaven 'N Hell" (1985) by Resurrection Band
*"Soweto Soul" from the album "Sound Alarm" (A&M 1988) by Michael Anderson
*"Gimme Hope Jo%27anna" from the album "File Under Rock" (1988) by Eddy Grant
*"Colours" from the album "...But Seriously" (1989) by Phil Collins
*"Fire In Soweto" and "Papa's Land" by Sonny Okosun
*"Free Mandela" by Majek Fashek
*"Township Rebellion" by Rage Against the Machine
*"Silver and Gold" from the album "Rattle and Hum" by U2
*"Blanke Skaamte" from the album "Bloeisels" (2007) by Straatligkinders


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